Parachute Home

Parachute reports using 35% preferred materials, including lower impact fibers like organic cotton, recycled polyester, tencel lyocell, and RDS-certified down. The brand also uses high impact fibers, like conventional cotton. It aims to reduce increase its percentage of preferred materials to 70% by 2025, but Commons could not find reported progress against this goal.

Commons could not find information on this brand's energy use. Parachute Home sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the fashion industry.

Parachute has made efforts to reduce the amount of virgin plastic in its packaging by including recycled LDPE and recycled polyester. It also uses FSC-certified paper-based materials.

Parachute Home does not offer repair services or support. It does offer warranties for its products. It also gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its garments.

Parachute Home has a take back program that accepts any brand's items for recycling or downcycling. Parachute Home does not share details on the efficacy or impact of this program.

Parachute Home offers a core evergreen collection, with limited new additions and releases. While its mattresses are made-to-order, its other products are bulk produced.

Commons is still analyzing this brand's marketing emails.

Parachute Home has a sustainability webpage with information about materials, labor practices, circularity. This page was last updated in 2023. Commons could not find an annual sustainability report for this brand.

Parachute was a Climate Neutral certified brand by the Change Climate Project. However, this certification has since lapsed. Through this certification, the brand has previiously internally measured and publicly reported its company-level emissions, including a breakdown by scope. in 2022, its estimated emissions footprint was 23,177 tCO2e.

Parachute states it has a goal to reduce its emissions in alignment with global targets. However, Commons could not find specific emissions reductions targets for this brand. In the past, Parachute compensated for its emissions with verified carbon offset credits. However, its Climate Neutral certification has since lapsed.

Parachute publishes some of the locations of its final production stage partners (Tier 1). It states that it has a code of conduct, but does not publicly share it. The brand requires audits of its partners.